Offering an innovative approach to language learning, Chinese through Song helps students develop their language proficiency and music appreciation through the use of folk, popular, and art songs. Because songs emphasize the color, pronunciation, and intonation of every syllable, they can be a valuable tool for improving a student's spoken language skills. By learning and performing the songs in this book, students will expand their vocabularies and improve their pronunciation, voice projection, and language expression-all while learning about Chinese culture in a fun and stimulating way.

This revised and expanded edition includes thirty songs, many of them new to this edition. They feature lucid and vivid language, as well as beautiful and relatively simple melodies. They are good for voice development and can be practiced in different modes of performance, including solos, duets, rounds, and musical dramas.

Each chapter comprises up to seven sections: (1) a song, including sheet music and lyrics in Chinese characters and pinyin Romanization; (2) a line-by-line English translation; (3) a vocabulary list designed for students who have completed at least one year of Chinese; (4) cultural notes that help students understand the historical and social context of the song; (5) language notes on the use of key words and important sentence patterns; (6) singing instructions, including remarks on interpretation and performance; and (7) language exercises for both classroom practice and homework assignments.

Chinese through Song may be used in several ways: as the main textbook for an interdisciplinary, intermediate-level course, emphasizing both language acquisition and musical performance; as a supplement to regular Chinese language classes, from elementary through advanced levels; as a resource for extracurricular activities (for example, a Chinese chorus or a performance at a Chinese New Year party); and as a general songbook.

Hong Zhang is Instructor of Chinese at Binghamton University, State University of New York. She is the coauthor (with Zu-yan Chen) of Cultural Chinese: Readings in Art, Literature, and History. Zu-yan Chen is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of Li Bai & Du Fu: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On a New Approach to Language Acquisition
User's Guide
Chinese Singing Terms
Basic Singing Techniques

Part One

1. Song of Mount Ali
2. Kangding Love Song
3. Jasmine Flower
4. In That Distant Place
5. Tangyuan For Sale
6. Sweet Like Honey
7. The Girl of Daban City
8. Little Blade of Grass
9. The Great Sea, My Homeland ,
10. Where is Spring
11. Longing
12. Please Lift Your Veil
13. Path in the Forest
14. Wishing You Peace
15. Song and Smile

Part Two

16. Dating at the Aobao Terrace
17. Where Is the Way
18. Return Home Often
19. Candied Haws
20. Husband and Wife Return Home in Pairs
21. If the Mountain Does Not Turn, the Water Will
22. Rowing the Big Boar Together
23. Wedding Vow
24. Boy's, Don't Guess What's on a Girl's Mind
25. My Deskmate
26. The Same Song
27. The Coolest National Style
28. Chinese Gongfu
29. New Year Wishes
30. Chinese Language

Vocabulary Index
About the Authors